I’m on the bus and I see

§  Children disregarding adults

§  Most of them seem tired, and unhappy

§  Some kids are sitting by themselves, trying to be alone

§  Others sitting talking with their friends and disregarding people around them

§   Children doing homework they didn’t do the night before

§  Backpacks strewn across the floor

Number 3: some kids are sitting by themselves, trying to be alone.

          The kid is trying to not be noticed, and no one is talking to him. He is afraid and nervous; kids aren’t going up to him and talking to him. They are ignoring him, and if he tries to say something, they disregard it. In a way that is bullying, making that kid feel like he is nothing. That his opinion doesn’t matter, that no one likes him.

       No kid should ever feel like that, and I know kids always will, but you should always feel that someone is there for you, and that you have friends that care about you. If he feels that his opinion doesn’t matter, he will never voice his opinion because to him, it doesn’t matter. He is not going to try to be friends with people, because the people he tried to be friends with already, disregarded him and ignored the fact that he was there.

      Some solutions could be that, if kids knew that by ignoring the fact that, he was there they were drastically changing things for him. If they knew just to let him talk and acknowledge that he was there, he would feel a lot better. Kids could go up to him and talk to him, it would make him feel like he existed, or even if kids see him, they could ask his opinion of something, and he would feel like his opinion mattered.  

                                                             Poem

People walking by me in their suits

They pretend that I am not there

Dirt being kicked up by their boots

They see me but they do not care

I sit there and shake my cup

I plead as if I am crying

Hoping that something is given that boosts my spirits up

They say they have none, but are clearly lying

All I want is some change

They try to not have to talk to or be near me

They treat me as if I have mange

They pretend but I know they can hear me

Everything used to be different

I was seen as normal, and was accepted

Then the economy took a hit

Now I’m on the streets viewed as the scum of the city

My poem is about poverty and how it is a growing issue. Poverty is everywhere around us, yet we try to ignore it. When the people who honestly need help and are in much worse circumstances than us, ask for just some change, we ignore them. They don’t want to be in poverty, they don’t want to have to ask for money, but they have to. We ignore that and try to not see them, think if it was you. Would you want people to keep walking, not helping you, would you want to be viewed as the scum of the city? They are people just, like you and me, and deserve to be treated like one, and deserve to be helped. It is not their fault, that they had bad luck and that the economy is taking a hit.

 Interview with Jill Singletary

“Do you think your job is important, and why?”

“I do think my job is important on different levels:

1)      I give people new opportunities who are seeking employment or a next step in their career

2)      I impact the business of our company by bringing good talent to the organization

3)      I protect the company by screening who comes into the organization that may present a risk

“Why do you consider this as something that makes change in the world?”

“This changes the world in little individual ways that impact the big picture … for example if I hire great people and they are productive our business thrives.  If business thrives we employ more people.  The people we employ earn money and have the opportunity to increase their spending power which improves the economy.  If I place people into positions that they are happy in, they are happier and more fulfilled.  Happy and more fulfilled people make the world a more positive place.”

She changes the world by, employing people. The employment rate increases, then the economy is in a better state. The economy is in a better state, the country is in a better position. It all plays out together where she in turn helps the economy, which helps the country, which helps the world. It may be small and very individual, but it does help the world, even if it is in an miniscule way.